1,000 years before the birth of Avatar Aang, the world is teetering on the brink of collapse: Corruption, crime, and strife threaten to tear the four nations apart, and after the untimely death of Avatar Yuecu, the world looks to the Water Tribe for the next Avatar...and perhaps its only hope.

Latin Title Translation: "In the Shadow of the Dark Master." This short story details Spyro and Cynder's passage through the Burned Lands and the Floating Islands on their way to confront the Dark Master once and for all. It focuses on the horror and immensity of these last moments, as well as on the relationship between Spyro and Cynder.

The day in which Spyro and Cynder will finally confront Malefor approaches, and Spyro lies awake in Warfang, wondering what horrors may lie ahead...and what he might lose in the climactic finale between him and the Dark Master.